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W. Todd Akin: “Now there's something here that just seems to be ironic to an extreme. We passed this massive government takeover of…”

On the recordApril 28, 2010
Now there's something here that just seems to be ironic to an extreme. We passed this massive government takeover of health care, and the very people that the President and his administration chose to take a look at and study the effect on Medicare and Medicaid of this proposal are saying it's going to close hospitals; and yet this bill is going to hire 16,000 new IRS agents to try and enforce the plan. You would think if you had a medical bill, you would hire more nurses and doctors. No, we're going to do 16,000 IRS agents.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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govinfo.gov
Apr 28, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker criticizes the government's health care plan and its implications for Medicare and Medicaid.

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